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8 volumes 18 cm

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: Boston, Little, Brown and company [etc.] 1858

"List of the principal collections of English and Scottish ballads and songs;" p. [xviii]-xxxii

V.1. Book I. Romances of chivalry and legends of the popular heroes of England. Book II Ballads involving various superstitions as Fairies, Elves, Magic and Ghosts. -- v. 2. Book III. Tragic love-ballads. Book IV. Tragic Ballads (pt. 1-10). -- v. 3 Book IV. Tragic Ballads (pt. 11-32). Book V. Love Ballads not tragic (pt. 1-8) v. 4. Book V. Love Ballads not tragic (pt. 9-45). -- v. 5. Book VI Robin Hood Ballads. -- v. 6. Book VII Border Ballads. Book VIII. Historical and quasi -- Historical Ballads (pt. 1-3). -- v. 7. Book VIII (pt. 4-25) Historical and quasi -- Historical Ballads. -- v. 8. Book IX Miscellaneous Ballads (Humorous, satirical, Burlesque, Moral, Scriptural)., and Index

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